NSE 12A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Sedation, Pelvic Floor, Environmental Modification Convention
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Socio- economic status, health beliefs & motivation (lack of, cultural variables cultural consideration. Week 1: nursing interventions hygiene & elimination. Factors affecting hygiene: social patterns, personal preferences, body image. Lack of mental clarity/coordination: chronic illnesses ie cardiac disease. Reassess condition of patient"s integument, nails, oral cavity, and sense organs. Determine if the patient"s comfort level improves. Ask patient to demonstrate hygiene self-care skills. Ask if patient if expectations are being met. Characteristics of intact and healthy skin, mucosa, nails, hair, and sense organs. Recognition that time is necessary for integument and other structures to heal. Prior experience evaluating patient responses to hygiene care. Use established expected outcomes to evaluate patient"s response to care as standards of evaluation. Measure all of your characteristics such as size of lesions, degree of edema with accuracy and preciseness. Act with discipline; be very thorough in examining the condition of the patient"s tissues for improvement.